This year's NBA Draft Lottery was held at the NBA Entertainment Center in New Jersey.
Before it began, Chen Yu had asked Brian a question: Was it possible for the league to rig the draft lottery?
The most famous case of this was, of course, the 1985 lottery when the Nicks selected Ewing.
The media was in an uproar, and a lot of corroborating evidence was found afterward.
For example, Stern was a New Yorker, the Nicks were a big-market team, and if a talent like Ewing came to New York, it would be beneficial for the NBA's growth.
Also, before the lottery ceremony, Nicks staff had already prepared a Nicks jersey with Ewing's number 33 on it. Even the on-site notary's firm had connections to the Nicks.
Then there was the lottery process itself, which sparked even more speculation—things like Stern's unusually deep breath, a possibly bent corner on an envelope, or the theory that the Nicks' envelope had been frozen beforehand.
